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Jan. 12, 1943.

L. H. JONES CONTAINER Filed May 28, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 v Guam;

Jan. 12, 1943. JONES 2,308,177

CONTAINER Filed May 28, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Laws Jbnes rnema'imiz, 1943 UNITED STATES" PATENT 'orrics f comma tion of Delaware Application May 28,1941, senai No. 395,551

1 Claim. (cl. 229-42) This inventionrelates, to a container and more particularly to a form or spacer to be used for packaging triangular-material, such as bricks of cheese, etc. It includes the form and the container and the method of packaging.

According to this invention, in the packagin of triangular materials, such as bricks of cheese, etc., a form is used which divides the package into a plurality of triangular-shaped compartments to be filled from one side of the container and an equal number of triangular-shaped compartments to be filled from the other side of the container. The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which a form or spacer for dividing a package into four compartments is shown, although the invention is applicable to the divisionof a package into six or eight or any larger number of compartments.

In the drawings Fig. 1 illustrate the form blank before folding; Fig. 2 shows the form after folding; Fig. 3 shows the form in place in a container; Fig. 4 shows the finished package; Fig. 5 shows an envelop which may be used in the package; Fig. 6 shows a mandrel for shaping the envelop and Fig. '7 shows the use of the man-,

drel in fitting the envelop into the package.

The blank shown in Fig. 1 may be made of any stiff material. It is preferably made of a stifi paper material, such as chip board. Paste board, cardboard, etc., may be used.

The blank shown in Fig. 1 may be cut from a fiat piece of chip board. It comprises the panels I, 2 and 3. The flaps 4 and 5 are hinged to the panels I and 3, the hinges bein formed by scoring along the lines 6 and I. If it is desired to have alternate triangles point in opposite directions, as indicated in Fig. 2, the flaps are all hinged to one side of the panels. The edge of the panel 2 between the flaps 4 and 5 is identified as the edge 8.

To fold this form into the shape shown in Fig. 2, the panels 'I and 3 are folded on the scored lines 9 and I0, each of the folds being a rightangle fold, but each of the panels being folded in opposite directions so that after folding, the panels I and 3 are parallel to one another but on opposite sides of the panel 2. When folded, as shown in Fig. 2, we find the panel I in the position in which it is shown in Fig. 1. The flap 4 is folded over, and in Fig. 2 we see the reverse side of the panel 4, which is designated 4b. Similarly in Fig. 2, we see the reverse side of the flap 5 which is designated 5b. We see designated lb and lb. We also see part of the back of the panel 2 which is designated 2b.

Although in the drawings a form is shown which comprises only two slanting flaps 4 and 5, it is readily appreciated that a form comprising more panels may be similarly constructed and by attaching flaps to every other panel, any number of slanting flaps maybe provided to accommodate any desired number of triangular packages.

The form is used to divide the package into two or more compartments which are to be filled from one side of the package, and a like number of compartments to be filled from the other side. To form the individual packages the dividing form is first placed in a band l5 shown in Fig. 3. Then bags, such as the bag lli of Fig. 5, are placed in the triangular compartments which are available from one side of the package. These are then filled. For example, if the invention is to be used in packaging process cheese the cheese is run into the bags in a hot, molten condition. A bag of rubber hydrochloride film is particularly suited for this purpose. Any suitable bag material may be used for packaging the various materials which may be packaged I in this way.

' After the bags are filled, they are closed and sealed in any convenient way. A preferred method of closing and sealing the bags is to fold the top flaps in and then invert the package on a hot plate. The flaps are heated by the hot plate to a temperature such that the pressure of the package on the'flaps is suflicient to coalesce the overlapping plies of rubber hydrochloride film to one another.

The bag ii of Fig. 5 is made by uniting two trapezoidal pieces of rubber hydrochloride film. or the like, on three edges l I, I8 and I9. Heatsealing is the preferred method of union. The edges 20 and 2| are not united.

The preferred method of fitting the bags into the triangular compartments is to fit them over mandrels, such as the mandrel 24 shown in Fig. 6. To do-this the mandrel is grasped by the handle 25 and the envelop is fitted over it. The seam l8 just fits over the wedge-shaped edge 26. The seams I1 and 19 then follow up the center of the two triangular sides.

Then by means of the handle 25 the envelops are easily fitted into the triangular compartments. This is shown in Fig. 7. The mandrels are then removed and the bags are filled with the molten process cheese. Although ordinarily bags will be fitted into all the triangular compartments available from one side of the package. and then all of the bags will be filled, and

ace is then completed by placing the tops 28 andaonitasshowninmg.4,oranytypeoi ciosuremavbeused.

WhatIclaimis:

A term tor, separating the interior of a rectangular container into triangular cavities which comprises a vertical wall to separate the interior of the container into sections, at right angles to the vertical wall and at ,each vertical edge thereof a vertical wall. said last-mentioned vertical walls extending from the first-mentioned vertical wall in opposite directions, and extendoi' the package coalesce and form an air-tight package. The triangular compartments available from the other side 01' the package are then fitted with bags, the bags are filled and then sealed by again inverting the package. The pack-- proximately the center thereof.

ing from each of said last mentioned vertical walls diagonal partitions which cross onopposite sides or thefirst-mentioned vertical wall at ap- LEWIS H.- meme.- 

